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ARUBAFLOWER-FOUNTAIN.COM, recognizes and respects the
importance of maintaining the privacy of our customers,
registered members ("Members") and users, and has
established this Privacy Policy as a result. The purpose of
this Privacy Policy is to inform you of:
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the personal information we may collect from you when you
visit our web site, respond to our emails, place orders via
mail or fax, or otherwise contact us via telephone, email,
fax or mail,
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why we gather information from you,
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how we collect it,
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how we use it, and
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the choices you have regarding our use of personal
information you have provided.
Note: You must be 18 years or older to use, subscribe
or register as a member of ARUBAFLOWER-FOUNTAIN.COM. The Web
Site is a general audience site and we do not knowingly
collect, maintain or disclose personal information from or
about children.
Why do we gather information?
ARUBAFLOWER-FOUNTAIN.COM gathers personal information to
help improve our products and customer service, to
communicate with you, to process your orders, to provide an
enhanced and more personalized shopping experience and to
inform you, and your gift and message recipients, of special
offers and discounts from us.
What information do we gather?
We collect information through our Web Site, emails, mail,
fax, and telephone, including when you:
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place an order,
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participate in our surveys, contests, sweepstakes,
promotions, content submissions, chats, requests for
suggestions, and membership registrations, and
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engage in other activities, services, products and resources
we make accessible to our customers, members or users.
Depending on how you are interact with us, we collect some
or all of the following types of information:
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your name, address, telephone number, email address,
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billing information (credit card number, expiration date and
billing address),
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gender and birth date, if you choose to enter such
information,
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products purchased and occasion type (for example, Mother's
Day),
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any promotion code and related information (for example, if
you are claiming frequent flyer miles),
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Message and gift recipients' names, addresses, telephone
numbers and email addresses, and
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other information you provide to us, including User
Submissions.
Information you provide to us may be collected by us even if
an order, registration, or other process is started but not
completed or otherwise cancelled. Members may also add to
their Address Book the name, address and telephone number of
friends or other persons to whom they may wish to send gifts
or expressions. Only Members have the right to view and edit
their Address Book entries.
How we use "Cookies" and "Action Tags".
A "cookie" is a small data file sent to your browser from a
web server and stored on your computer. We use cookies to
let us know that you are a prior customer, user or Member
and to provide certain features to you. Most web browsers
allow you to instruct the browser to prevent the use of
cookies. However, if you disable this feature, certain
aspects of the ARUBAFLOWER-FOUNTAIN.COM Web Site, such as
the shopping basket, may not function properly.
How we use the information we collect
We use information we collect to communicate with you, to
process your orders, to provide an enhanced and more
personalized shopping experience, to inform you and your
gift and message recipients of offers and discounts from
ARUBAFLOWER-FOUNTAIN.COM and our affiliated brands and to
enable you to receive credits for purchases under loyalty or
buying programs which you have joined.
However, without your consent, we do not make your or your
gift or message recipients' email addresses, available to
third parties.
Our Affiliates, subcontractors, and agents, and any
successors to our business (if we ever sell some or all of
our business), are not considered to be third parties
under this Policy. However, in connection with information
collected under this Policy, they are required to comply
with this Policy. "Affiliates" are persons or entities
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with ArubaFlower-Fountain.com.
We may combine information we receive from you via our Web
Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone with information from
our Affiliates and third parties. We use the combined
information to enhance and personalize your shopping
experience with us and to communicate with you in accordance
with this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to disclose information you provide to
us as required by law, in response to legal process and law
enforcement requests and as necessary or appropriate, in our
view, to operate the Web Site, process orders or
registrations, to conduct promotions, contests, and
sweepstakes you participate in, and to protect the rights or
property of the Company, its Affiliates, users, customers,
recipients, Members, Sponsors, Providers, Licensors,
Merchants and Associates.
Consent to Transfer and Submission
ARUBAFLOWER-FOUNTAIN.COM is operated in Aruba. If you are
located outside Aruba, please be aware that any information
you provide to us will be transferred to Aruba. By using the
Web Site or otherwise providing us with information, you
hereby consent to this transfer.
In addition, if you submit data to us about other
individuals (such as your message and gift recipients), you
agree that you have obtained consent from each such
individual to the submission, transfer and processing of the
information. Although personal information collected by us
through the Web Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone is
used by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy, laws
generally applicable to the protection of personal data in
the Aruba may not be as stringent as those in other
countries.
Links to Other Web Sites
ARUBAFLOWER-FOUNTAIN.COM wants you to be aware that when you
click on links and/or ad banners that take you to affiliated
or third-party web sites, you will be subject to the privacy
policies and terms of use of those web sites, not ours. We
encourage you to read the posted privacy statement and user
terms whenever using, and prior to providing any personal
information to, any other web site.
Security and Passwords
No transmission of data over the Internet or any other
network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Although we
make reasonable efforts to safeguard personal information
once we receive it, we cannot warrant the security of
information we receive.
Portions of the Web Site (such as our Member registration
and Address Book) may require registration and log-in
processes in which you will select a user ID and password
(collectively, the "Password"). Passwords provided to you by
us are the confidential property of the Company and may be
used by you solely for your individual use of the Web Site
(and otherwise as specified by us). You are responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of any Password and for all
activities that occur using your Password, whether or not
authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify us of any
unauthorized use of your Password or accounts.
How to Limit the Use of Personal Information
We want to communicate with you only to the extent you want
to hear from us. If you prefer not to have personal
information collected from you via the Web Site, emails,
mail, fax, and telephone shared with third parties, or to
set your preferences concerning promotional communications,
please follow the directions below.
From Third Parties
We do not share emails addresses you provide with third
parties without your consent. In addition, if you prefer
that other personal information provided by you not be
shared with third parties, please let us know by emailing,
writing or calling us as described below. Your instructions
will be processed as soon as reasonably practicable and in
accordance with law.
Emailing us at:
remove@arubaflower-fountain.com from the email address
which you wish to have removed (i.e. not shared with third
parties), and include your postal mailing address in the
message; or
Writing us at:
Customer Satisfaction Department
ARUBAFLOWER-FOUNTAIN.COM.
Ponton 49, Oranjestad,
PO BOX 4112
ARUBA
Telephoning us at Aruba Flower Fountain (297-5839094)
(Please, include or tell us your mailing address, and if you
have a catalog, brochure or other mailing label from us,
please include it with your request or have it ready when
you call).
From our Affiliates
If you also prefer not to have us provide personal
information about you to our Affiliates, please indicate in
your email or letter that you wish your instructions to
apply to our "Affiliates."
From Aruba Flower Fountain
If you also prefer that we not use the personal information
you have provided to contact you or your message or gift
recipients for our own marketing and promotional purposes,
please indicate in your email or letter that you wish your
instructions to apply to "Aruba Flower Fountain" These
instructions, however, do not apply to non-promotional
messages from us.
Please note that your instructions (above) do not govern
the use of information you have provided to our Affiliates
or to third parties (including any merchants referenced or
accessible via our Web Site). The use of information you
have provided to our Affiliates or to third parties is
governed by their privacy policies and terms.
Any promotional email we send to you or your gift or message
recipients will include a link to our Privacy Policy and a
link to use to opt-out of receiving further promotional
emails from the sender.
Corrections
If you would like to update or correct information
previously provided to us, please send an e-mail with your
new information, including your complete name, postal
address, and email address to
update@arubaflower-fountain.com.
Members can modify and update their membership information
(including name, mailing address, birth date, telephone
number and email address) by accessing the
password-protected "Update Membership" page.
Your Consent and Changes to this Policy
Subject to the above provisions, by using our Web Site, you
consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy. We may change
our Privacy Policy from time to time as new features or
services are added, suggestions from our customers are
incorporated or other changes are made. We will post the
revised Privacy Policy on our Web Site at least 30 days
prior to their effective date - unless we believe changes
must take effect sooner to comply with law or to protect the
Company or our customers, users, Members, recipients,
Sponsors, Providers, Licensors, Merchants, Associates and
Affiliates, in which case the changes will be effective upon
posting or as otherwise specified. To see a revised Privacy
Policy prior to its effective date (unless it is effective
upon posting), click on the following link: Pending Revised
Privacy Policy.
The date on which the current Privacy Policy and overall
Terms of Use took effect is listed at the top of the Privacy
Policy (see "Last Updated" at the top of each).
In addition, if you would like notice of changes to the
Privacy Policy or Terms of Use prior to their taking effect
(or upon taking effect, if effective immediately), email us
at
notice@arubaflower-fountain.com from the email address
to which you would like notice sent. By using
ARUBAFLOWER-FOUNTAIN.COM, after such changes take effect,
you agree to be legally bound and to abide by the revised
Privacy Policy, of which this policy is a part.
Your Comments
ARUBAFLOWER-FOUNTAIN.COM welcomes feedback concerning this
Privacy Policy. Please send your comments and questions to
feedback@arubaflower-fountain.com. |